Writely: Online Word Processor
Writely is an online word processing application which “allows you to store, edit and publish documents online - privately, in collaboration with specific people, or publicly on the Internet.” I first discovered Writely by reading the Ajaxian blog. I have long been fascinated by the prospects of an online office suite, not really to replace the office suite on your machine but to supplement it.
I just discovered today that Writely now supports the OpenDocument format. This means that you can now upload ODF files and edit/share them or create documents online and download them as ODF files. I decided to find out how well Writely handles ODF files. I started by creating a document online and downloading it as an ODF file. I tried to use a variety of different formating options and included a simple table. I then opened the file created with Writely in OpenOffice.org. While the document wasn’t extremely complicated it worked rather well.
I then tried locating several already existing ODF files on my system and uploading them to Writely. All of them opened perfecly, but again most of my files these days are simple business letters or outlines/notes.
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